“What is suffering is accessible luxury, not the high end,” he said. “The high-end customers [still] have high [spending] power. They buy haute couture because they want quality, they want ...

The Cigale—a silhouette executed in in rigid moiré featuring exaggerated hips and cinched waist designed by Monsieur Dior for his autumn-winter 1952-1953 haute couture line—was reimagined as ...